Project 1122: D. S. Caetano, G. Machado. 2013. The ecological tale of Gonyleptidae (Arachnida, Opiliones) evolution: phylogeny of a Neotropical lineage of armoured harvestmen using ecological, behavioural and chemical characters. Cladistics. 29 (6):589-609.
Specimen: Sodreana leprevosti (unvouchered)

Abstract


The large Neotropical family Gonyleptidae comprises nearly 820 species divided into 16 subfamilies. The majority of publications on harvestman ecology, behaviour and scent gland secretion chemistry have focused on this family. We used the information available in the literature and combined it with an intensive search for ecological, behavioural and chemical data to infer the phylogeny of the Gonyleptidae. We included 28 species belonging to 14 of the 16 gonyleptid subfamilies in the ingroup and four species belonging to the families Cosmetidae, Stygnidae and Manaosbiidae in the outgroup. We performed the analyses using equally weighted characters and coded 63 characters comprising 153 states, which makes this the largest non‐morphological, non‐molecular phylogenetic data matrix published to date. We obtained five most parsimonious trees, and the strict consensus resulted in six collapsed nodes. The results show that the monophyly of Gonyleptidae is equivocal because Metasarcinae is placed at a basal polytomy with the outgroups Cosmetidae and Stygnidae. Gonyleptinae, Pachylinae and Progonyleptoidellinae are polyphyletic groups, but the remaining subfamilies are monophyletic and have several synapomorphies. Based on the resulting topology, we discuss the performance of ecological, behavioural and chemical characters, and map a selected set of characters to discuss their evolutionary patterns in the family.


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Article DOI: 10.1111/cla.12009

Project DOI: 10.7934/P1122, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P1122
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    • Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP, University of Sao Paulo)



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    Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M2478' (32 Taxa)

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    [1] Saramacia lucasae
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    [2] Protimesius longipalpis
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    [3] Tapacochana insignita
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    [4] Gryne coccineloides
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    [5] Vonones sayi
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    [6] Pachyloides thorellii
    Last Modified in 01/23/14
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    [7] Discocyrtus prospicuus
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    [8] Acanthopachylus aculeatus
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    [9] Discocyrtus oliverioi
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    [10] Pachyloidellus goliath
    Last Modified in 01/23/14
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    [11] Cobania picea
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    [12] Chavesincola inexpectabilis
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    [13] Magnispina neptunus
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    [14] Camarana flavipalpi
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    [15] Cryptogeobius crassipes
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    [16] Pachylospeleus strinatii
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    [17] Promitobates ornatus
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    [18] Longiperna concolor
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    [19] Bourguyia trochanteralis
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    [20] Acutisoma longipes
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    [21] Serracutisoma proximum
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    [22] Mischonyx cuspidatus
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    [23] Pseudotrogulus funebris
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    [24] Multumbo terrenus
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    [25] Neosadocus maximus
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    [26] Iporangaia pustulosa
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    [27] Progonyleptoidellus striatus
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    [28] Ampheres leucopheus
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    [29] Gonyleptes saprophilus
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    [30] Acanthogonyleptes pulcher
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    [31] Sodreana leprevosti
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    [32] Sodreana barbiellinii
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